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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Real Error of Cyril Burt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates believe all people should be?
(a) Educated
(b) Honest
(c) Argumentative
(d) Leaders

2. The principal components approach allowed Burt to identify _________ factors.
(a) group
(b) multi-variate
(c) G
(d) basic

3. ______________ is a way of measuring the relationship between variables.
(a) Comparison
(b) Ranking
(c) A square ratio
(d) Correlation

4. Burt seemed to have increased his sample of patients from fewer then 20 to more than ________ in a number of publications. This irregularity began the undoing of his work's findings.
(a) 150
(b) 50
(c) 1000
(d) 100

5. "Mental testing becomes a theory for enhancing ___________ through proper education."
(a) potential
(b) excellence
(c) intelligence
(d) races

Short Answer Questions

1. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.

2. Gould thought that Eysenck's arguments were the result of __________ correlations.

3. Eysenck believed the _____________ development of black youngsters develops more quickly than in whites.

4. Factor analysis was the _________ technique to be used in intelligence testing, even thought Burt went about it the wrong way.

5. Who feels that blacks are inferior and therefore deserve the status of a slave?

(see the answer key)

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